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Johnbosco Onunkwo Takes Free Medicare to Anambra (Photos)

It was indeed a day of joy for the Aguata Community as Young Philanthropist and an aspirant in the recently concluded Anambra Gubernatorial Election, Engr. Johnbosco Onunkwo took a free medical outreach and health education walk to his community.

The Port-Harcourt Based Oil Magnate and Philanthropist, Engr. Johnbosco Onunkwo disclosed that the project is a yearly program organized by his foundation, Johnbosco Onunkwo Foundation while shortly after the Aguata Walk for Life, Chief Onunkwo declared open activities mapped out for the free medical programme which included health education, donation of home kits for blood pressure and blood sugar tests, free out-patient consultations and drugs, free eye tests, free reading glasses and free cataract surgeries.

Over the weekend, I joined my children to watch the
much talked about ‘Black Panther’. It was a good film, and I was happy they
took me to see it. However, I came out of the movie theatre a little upset. When the first scenes came up, and I saw “Sambisa Forest”
I was unhappy that the only reference the film makers could have for Nigeria
was a negative one, but I was later encouraged by the thought of Africans
solving African problems. That is a good thing, the kinds of things we used to
do. For young people who may not remember, Nigerian civil servants and indeed
most able citizens used to contribute money every month to support the struggle
against Apartheid in South Africa. Nigeria was the single stabilizing force
across West Africa. Helping to restore peace in Liberia and Sierra Leone are
examples of the gigantic status we once had.

The maiden edition of the 'my phone photography exhibition' held on the 23rd of March. The Shehu Musa Yar'adua Centre located in central area, Abuja, played host to this event. It was an atmosphere filled with calmness but you could also hear the joy and excitement in the voices of the over 100 people who came through the exhibition doors. The idea of the exhibition was born by one of the exhibitors (Omofuoma Agharite). Haven taken numerous pictures with her phone, she wanted to share those pictures with others and at the same time support a charity organisation. It was then that the idea was born and given to Ivy Events to nurture. After months of planning and execution, a group of exhibitors came together to showcase some of the amazing pictures that they had photographed with only their phones.